We have two of these "puffy board books" and our son loves this one best. He loves the story, and likes to count the frogs, say what color they are, and sing the song that the book is written off of. It is the best!

My one-year-old son LOVES this book! He will pull out all of his books until he finds this one and then bring it over to me and sit on my lap. The rhyme and repitition of the verses and the simple, brightly colored pictures make this a perfect book for a baby.

I had never read a romance with a Native American as the hero, so a friend recommended this one. What a treat! The hero and heroine are both intriguing characters - the author gives enough background info. on each of them that I thoroughly understood why they acted the way they did with one another, and could appreciate the frustration and confusion of falling in love with someone that others had taught you to hate. The sexual tension builds slowly but strongly, making the steamy love scenes all the more appreciated! Ryan made me truly care about these two proud but loving people, and I will be recommending it to friends.

One of the first Nan Ryan books I've read and have collected most all of them since. This was a beautiful love story full of passion and explosive sex. I wish I was there. The book is as savage as the title and the Indian. I loved it..

This is a follow up of "working towards enlightenment". Both translated from the single volume Chinese book titled "how to cultivate the Buddhadharma." J.C. Cleary has once again done a very fine job. The translation is lucid and beautiful in its own right. Literally inclined cultivators will cherish the many poems which are probably translated for the first time.

Ever since D.T. Suzuki the great Zen scholar died no one had been able to take his place introducing the heart of Buddhist practice. Master Nan is not only a comprehensive practitioner of wide range of Buddhism, Varjrayana, Chan Buddhism, Yogacran and also Taoist Qigong practitioners. He bridged the very needed insight into the treasure house of ancient Chinses wisdom injecting a new vigor to the Beat Zen mumble jumble of talking Buddhist that is so pervalent of our time. The Book is a translation of his dharma talks during one of his intensive retreat period. In between the lines, the reader can feel the great love and compassion he had toward his students and all beings. He has tremendous humor and many time laugh with us at our own hazy moon of enlightenment nature. Like what he sayed that spiritual awaken sometime is a fine line between crazy wisdom or just plain craziness. Insanity has also a very convincing subjective self nature. This book will be like drinking a glass of cool water and a antidote to the excessive intellectual college professor Buddhism that is overflooded the earth and media. If you are a sincere practitioner then this book is for you.

As a veteran teacher, I find this book a great resource in the classroom. I use it especially when a student needs remedial help. It is concise, clearly stated, and complete in all areas of study. I've recommended it to mothers who homeschool their children and to mothers from other schools who say "my child just doesn't understand,and I can't help him/her." I assure them that this book is so well written that they can understand and in return help their children.

I am a teacher of 30+ years of elementary school and I have consistently used Nan's grammar texts in my classroom. Specifically, when I taught junior high, it was my "bible". Her content and directions are clear, easily followed and best of all, sequential. I used many of Nan's examples in classroom situations that I could not find in a standard textbook. She covers ALL areas of troublesome grammar parts in a compact and concise way. She ends each chapter with word drills that pertain to the previous lesson. I particularly love the cumulative exam at the end of the book. I have adapted it to many a test given to my students. Her practical approach to grammar is essential to today's students, who let good grammar fall to the wayside. She does not have to embellish her text with pictures to attract the reader. Nan gets right to the heart of the matter...strictly essential content and the all-important drill work.

I found this book very interesting. Since these women have led active professional lives, often politically active as well, their stories are really compelling. They face the issue of retirement, and its problems, with so much honesty that I was genuinely riveted by their experience. Some of them have decided to go on leading rich and exciting lives in retirement, while others have chosen to enjoy their freedom by luxuriating in relaxation. Almost all of them give absorbing accounts of their experience, and those few who don't, you can skip.

I enjoyed it tremendously. It gives me the sense that one's
older years are likely to be very fluid, not fixed at all, with doors opening and closing. There were certainly familiar themes, but new ones, too. This is a very thought-provoking book that would make a wonderful gift for an older woman friend or relative.

DeMars is practical, practical, practical. She tackles the most confudling dilemmas at work and provides an ethical compass to resolve them. You can always quit,but why not resolve the dilemmas and keep your job,too? I didn't always agree with her, but DeMars got me talking to my coworkers and my boss about what was the best solution-which was exactly DeMars' purpose for writing the book in the first place, I suspect. Yes, sometimes good employees do bad things--so here's what you do when it happens.

Bettie Currie, Fawn Hall, and Rosemary Woods needed this book. So did I. Lots of us face ethical choices that keep us up at night, or cause us to wince inside. DeMars uses lots of real-life examples to help us resolve the common dilemmas we find every day at work -- dilemmas about confidentiality, loyalty, office romance, harassment, information manipulation -- it's all here.

She also coaches us about how to get the ethics discussion going -- without losing our jobs.

My favorite chapters were on lying (only very little lies told for social convention and very large lies told to save lives are OK) and "the trouble with the boss" (here's how to talk to him about his profanity, disrespect, lies, thievery, harassment, whatever). DeMars says high ethics boosts productivity and retention of customers and employees, then shows us how to have those long-overdue conversations about how we treat each other. A great book, period. I am so clear now about where I need to draw "that line" between what I will and will not do, and I am so confident about how to do it.

I got this book at a discount table and almost put it down when I realized it was geared toward office professionals ( I work in social services) and I am so glad I decided to risk it. The scenarios she uses, as well as the tips she gives, fit for all sorts of people in a variety of fields. The book is well written and easy to read and understand.

This is the only book on business ethics I've found that skips the preaching and focuses on the practical. Office romance, confidentiality, loyalty, harassment, deception, games -- it's all here.This is, I think, the missing link between the lofty-sounding corporate values statements and the day-to-day behaviors that affect customers, vendors, and coworkers. DeMars says that doing the right thing on a personal level is the smartest, shortest path to a more profitable enterprise. She shares more than 100 true-life scenarios from her consulting experiences to support her points. For example, she tackles the tough questions of when is it OK to lie, when and how do you hold someone accountable for his/her behavior, and how can managers and subordinates recognize and resolve ethical dilemmas. Managers need this book as much as office assistants. Finally, I found the style of writing very readable and credible. I've attended a half-dozen expensive seminars for senior managers that lauded ethical business practices, but they were too long on theory and overlooked the implementation at the office level. The devil really is in the details when it comes to making decisions about behaviors, says DeMars. She gets it right, right away. This book would have saved -- and will save me -- lots of money and time. A very solid piece of work

Cape Cod is perhaps one of the best places to bike in New England. The rolling hills, the stunning views of the Atlantic and the jewel-like kettle-hole ponds in its interior sections make it a bicicyclists paradise. During 2 weeks in late springs several years ago, I used the bike routes in this book alone to make my way from the upper Cape near Sandwich down to the Outer Cape into Truro and Provincetown. I was not disappointed. The maps in combination with written directions offer just enough detail so that riders are always on the right track. And vista after vista was exactly what this rider was hoping for. The routes in this book helped me to come away with an intimate knowledge of Cape Cod and too many fond memories to count. It's obvious that the folks who wrote this book rode these routes time and time again, perfecting them and finally compiling them into this incredible guide to the most stunning bike routes on Cape Cod. If you want to get to know Cape Cod better, or if you're just looking for a variety of top-notch biking experiences in Eastern Massachusetts, this is the place and this is the book!

This book is diverse within types of patterns from Southwestern to tummbling teddybears to a gentle lilac, one can imangine the softness and feel of these through the pictures. Ideas on color and finishing are very clear and opportuninites for different projects just make laundy, grocery shopping, cleaning and those special cleaning projects just seem less important in the long run. With results of lovely peices to grace that favorite easy chair, or over the back of sofa along with matching pillows. Such a quiet lovely hobby, not difficult, and I am convinced could help to woman keep her sanity in todays instant paced world. A good take along project while waiting for summer trains, planes and endless swimming lessons, baseball practices and the constant parade of "things" that keep us on the run. Now I can take my own piece of mind around with me these projects, a walkman and a diet coke! Let's here it for woman's survival!

There are many travel books on the market, and there are many travel books for those who have children. This books stands out because the author actually took her kids on wonderful, real "adventures," not just tame camping trips in the U.S. She and her husband traveled to remote places (Morocco, Spain, Bali, Nepal, New Zealand...), kids in tow, and share the experience with us through text and photos. They sailed, biked, hiked, and drove about, and lived for several weeks in different countries.

While most books of this sort will list things to bring along, the author gives us real explanations for each of the things she brings--and she doesn't bring much--and tells us how to make do with less. Invaluable are her personal stories of medical needs, literary needs (her boys brought a few books and exchanged books with other travelers), laundry and social needs. There is even a terrific discussion of diapering while traveling!

Perhaps my favorite section, as a homeschooling mom, is her chapter on education while on the road. The author truly sees the educational value of travel. No doubt her boys were very well educated by their many adventures. They learned foreign languages and the differences between many cultures. Thinking of adventuring?Buy it, and you'll want to try it!